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When does a sapling become a tree?

Restrictiveuntil they become permitted [for use].

A three-way machlokes

Rabbi Elazar ben AzaryaUntil it becomes chullin→ about year five
Years 1–3: orlah
Year 4: neta revaieaten in Yerushalayim
Rabbi YehoshuaSeven years→ seven years
Rabbi AkivaAs long as the name still fits→ some say one year, some ten

A tree cut down that sprouts again

Is the new shoot a sapling — or a tree?

Rabbi ShimonWithin a tefach of the ground — a sapling; above a tefach — a tree→ near the ground: a sapling · higher: a tree
Sheviis 1:8

When a Sapling Becomes a Tree

עַד אֵימָתַי נִקְרְאוּ נְטִיעוֹת
עַד אֵימָתַי נִקְרְאוּ נְטִיעוֹת.
רַבִּי אֶלְעָזָר בֶּן עֲזַרְיָה אוֹמֵר, עַד שֶׁיָּחֹלּוּ.
רַבִּי יְהוֹשֻׁעַ אוֹמֵר, בַּת שֶׁבַע שָׁנִים.
רַבִּי עֲקִיבָא אוֹמֵר, נְטִיעָה כִשְׁמָהּ.
אִילָן שֶׁנִּגְמַם וְהוֹצִיא חֲלִיפִין,
מִטֶּפַח וּלְמַטָּה כִּנְטִיעָה,
מִטֶּפַח וּלְמַעְלָה, כְּאִילָן,
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